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  • Blue Water BREB Enters German Offshore Wind Scene

    25 January 2017
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    Denmark’s Blue Water Shipping and Germany’s Bremer Reederei E&B (BREB) have formed a shipping and transport joint venture with the main focus on servicing the wind turbine industry in Germany. The range of services at the newly established Blue Water BREB GmbH will include port agency, stevedoring, loading, discharging, storage and transport. BREB has been active in […]

  • Survitec Presents New Davit-Launched Liferaft

    19 March 2014

    Survitec Group is announcing a new davit-launched liferaft aimed at meeting the escape and survival needs of workers, passengers and crew on offshore platforms or high freeboard vessels. They also form part of the Survitec Group’s broad range of Launch and Recovery Systems (LARS) for offshore platforms and vessels. This includes liferafts, escape slides, escape […]

  • Denmark: ITW Densit Plans to Launch New Product Series of Ducorit® UHPC Material

    4 June 2013
    Business & Finance

    ITW Densit plans to launch new product series of Ducorit® UHPC material in the near future. The new versions of Ducorit® vary in their strength class and are tailor-made for demanding offshore and onshore applications. Moreover, this newly developed product program also provides grouting companies with opportunities for achieving significant savings throughout the grouting process. […]

  • Nass&Wind Launches Platform for Environmental Measurements

    16 January 2014

    On January 11, 2014 the Lorient-based company Nass&Wind Offshore launched a floating platform off Saint-Vaast la Hougue (Manche) to take environmental and technical measurements at sea for marine renewable energy (MRE) projects. The floating platform, which is 12 metres in diameter, 5.2 metres high and weighs some 70 tonnes, carries a suite of instruments commonly […]

  • Sweden: Vattenfall Reports Stable Q1 Results Despite Challenging Market Conditions

    3 May 2013
    Business & Finance

    Vattenfall reports a stable underlying first quarter 2013 operating profit despite challenging market conditions. Increased electricity generation and high nuclear power availability contributed to the result. Vattenfall continues to improve operational efficiency. Net sales rose 1.4% to SEK 49,659 million (48,994) The underlying operating profit was stable and amounted to SEK 11,625 million (11,629) Profit […]

  • World Wind Energy Award 2010 goes to the Founding Member States of IRENA (Turkey)

    16 June 2010
    Business & Finance

    Istanbul/Bonn (WWEA) – On the occasion of the 9th World Wind Energy Conference 2010 in Istanbul, Turkey, the Board of the World Wind Energy Association has decided to give the World Wind Energy Award 2010 to the Founding Member States of the International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA and hand it over to IRENA’s Interim Director […]

  • The Netherlands: Social and Political Discussion on Offshore Wind

    7 October 2014
    Authorities

    Wind energy, and notably offshore wind energy, is the subject of a hot debate in the Netherlands. The Dutch Top consortium Knowledge and Innovation Offshore Wind Energy (TKI-WoZ) commissioned Ecofys and CE Delft to carry out a study that addresses the key discussion items in the societal and political debate. While proponents of offshore wind […]

  • WindEurope Says Offshore Wind Must Remain Priority as Most EU States Failed to Meet MSP Deadline

    20 April 2021
    Authorities

    Only six EU coastal member states submitted their final Maritime Spatial Plans (MSPs) by 31 March, while 16 countries failed to meet the EU’s deadline. WindEurope said that the 16 member states must submit their MSPs as soon as possible and align them with EU climate goals, allocating enough space for offshore wind. According to […]

  • DeepOcean Could Lay Off 45 People after Failing to Win UK Offshore Wind Projects

    27 January 2015
    Authorities, Business & Finance

    DeepOcean is urging the UK Government to review the policing of contracts for levels of ‘local content’ awarded by licence holders for UK offshore energy projects. The company said that it has missed out on a number of competitive tenders for UK offshore wind farm projects, which have been awarded to businesses based in Belgium and the Netherlands. As […]

  • Gamesa Fulfills Guidance For 2010 and Attains a Net Cash Position of 210 Million Euro (Spain)

    25 February 2011

    Aligning manufacturing with deliveries and collections in Q4, plus control of costs and capital expenditure, enabled the company to generate 472 million euro in net free cash flow in 2010 The backlog for delivery in 2011 amounts to 1,414 MW (+25%) and covers 48% of the wind turbine sales guidance for the year Main consolidated […]

  • Wind Industry Hails New Era of Development (UK)

    31 October 2012

    The wind industry is on track to power 1 in 10 homes by 2015, coming second only to natural gas as the largest single source of UK electricity by 2020. The latest projections, released by the trade association RenewableUK in its annual State of the Industry report, come during a record breaking year for wind […]

  • Support for Offshore Wind in New Jersey Drops, Industry Points to Effect of Misinformation

    30 August 2023
    Fixed-Bottom, Floating Wind, Grid Connection, Industry, Market Outlooks, Outlook & Strategy

    The number of New Jersey residents who support offshore wind fell by more than 20 per cent since 2019, from 76 per cent four years ago to just over half (54 per cent) now, and the number of those opposing offshore wind has climbed from 15 per cent to 40 per cent since 2019. This […]

  • DHI Launches MetOcean Data Portal

    14 November 2017
    Business & Finance, Environment, R&D, Technology

    DHI Group has unveiled a new MetOcean Data Portal which is said to deliver validated metocean data and analytics within minutes.

  • Siemens Needs Cost Reduction to Achieve Ambitious Goals (Germany)

    12 October 2012
    Business & Finance

    At its management conference in Berlin, Siemens AG presented the basic structure of its new company-wide program to some 600 top executives. Despite a difficult market environment, the company expects to achieve one of the best operating results in its history in fiscal 2012. Nevertheless, Siemens will likely not meet the ambitious goals it defined […]

  • EnBW Awards North Star Its First CSOV Contract

    15 October 2024
    Business & Finance, Operations & Maintenance, Vessels

    EnBW has awarded North Star a contract for a commissioning service operation vessel (CSOV) to be deployed at the 960 MW He Dreiht offshore wind farm in Germany. The award, which is the first for a North Star CSOV, for the newbuild Grampian Kestrel will precede the decade-long minimum charter contract that the company signed […]

  • World’s First 26 MW Offshore Wind Turbine Rolls Off Production Line

    14 October 2024
    R&D, Supply Chain, Technology, Wind Turbines

    A 26 MW offshore wind turbine has been rolled off the production line by China’s Dongfang Electric Corporation (DEC) in Fuzhou, Fujian Province. The company said the offshore wind turbine is tailored for areas with wind speeds of 8 m/s and above and has strong resistance to typhoons and corrosion. The wind turbine’s hub centre […]

  • Siemens Gamesa Loses UK Patent Dispute over GE Haliade-X Offshore Wind Turbine

    1 December 2022
    Authorities, Technology

    Judge Richard Meade of London’s High Court has ruled in favour of GE in a patent infringement dispute with Siemens Gamesa over the design of the GE Haliade-X offshore wind turbine. In its lawsuit against GE, Siemens Gamesa claimed that the Haliade-X infringed its European patent related to the use of bearings in rotor hubs […]

  • Fugro to Keep Supporting Wind Expansion Offshore South Korea

    25 May 2022
    Business & Finance

    Fugro has extended its memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Underwater Survey Technology 21 (UST21) to support South Korea’s expansion of wind power assets. According to Fugro, the MoU was extended due to the strong demand for combined geophysical, geotechnical, and metocean data services. The parties signed the initial MoU back in 2019, marking Fugro’s entry […]

  • Sif Joins Entrion Wind’s 100-Metre Depth Foundation Project

    3 October 2023
    Business development, Collaboration, Outlook & Strategy, R&D, Research & Development, Technology

    Sif Netherlands has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Entrion Wind to partake in the demonstration project for the Fully Restrained Platform (FRP) monopiles. Entrion Wind is developing the FRP which combines fixed and floating platform technologies extending the water depths of the monopile up to 100 metres. Under the MoU, the two companies […]

  • Innogy Launches Galloper Apprenticeship Scheme

    7 May 2019
    Training & Education

    Innogy has launched an apprenticeship scheme for the Galloper offshore wind farm for East Anglia-based young people. The new offshore wind turbine apprenticeship scheme will see three candidates undergo on-site hands-on training together with class-based learning at East Coast College in Lowestoft. According to innogy, the four-year scheme will give the participants the chance to get […]

  • MHI Vestas Takes Delivery of Deutsche Bucht SOV

    4 September 2019
    Vessels, Wind Farm Update

    MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has taken delivery of the ESVAGT Albert Betz service operation vessel (SOV) purpose-built for the 269MW Deutsche Bucht offshore wind farm. The vessel was christened on Wednesday, 4 September, at the Port of Eemshaven, the Netherlands. “With ‘ESVAGT Albert Betz’, MHI Vestas and ESVAGT have raised the bar once again in the […]

  • RSPB Scotland Takes Offshore Wind Dispute Straight to Supreme Court

    16 August 2017
    Authorities, Business & Finance, Environment, Wind Farm Update

    The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland has applied directly to the Supreme Court for permission to appeal against the recent decision by the Inner House of the Court of Session on its Firth of Forth offshore wind farm judicial review.

  • UK: JDR Reports Record Results

    13 November 2012
    Business & Finance

    JDR, a leading provider of technology connecting the global offshore energy industry, has provided an update on its trading performance for the nine months ended 30 September 2012. Highlights Record revenue of £85.6m (an increase of 75% from the equivalent period last year) Record EBITDA performance driven by higher revenue and productivity improvements Significant recent […]

  • Marine Computers to Withstand Battering of Ocean Waves (UK)

    19 January 2012
    Technology

    As the marine industry is constantly evolving, and requiring more computer technology, there is a demand for specialist computers capable of withstanding the environmental hostilities. One such example is Captec’s highly integrated compact computer for on board applications such as hydro graphic survey. This highly compact, yet powerful computer system is tested to IEC-60945 EMC […]

  • HOCHTIEF to Build Next Offshore Wind Farm for EUR 175 Million (Germany)

    28 October 2010
    Operations & Maintenance, Wind Farm Update

    Global Tech I including 80 plants to be created northwest of Cuxhaven in the North Sea – Energy suppliers as client HOCHTIEF Construction has been awarded the contract for another offshore wind farm. From mid-2012, the HOCHTIEF subsidiary is expected to start constructing the wind farm Global Tech I in the German North Sea. The […]

  • Germany: Cuxport Needs Additional Space for Further Growth

    3 February 2013

    The port services provider Cuxport has issued an upbeat assessment of its business operations in 2012. The company handled about 1.6 million tonnes of goods that entered or left the port. Cuxport particularly enjoyed high growth rates in its automobile logistics operations. But it was also able to expand its business in project logistics for […]